Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

In after Baud. Damn.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

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On The Road – lashonharangue – Galapagos – Part 8

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lashonharangue

Our ship anchored on the north end of Santa Cruz Island. We had one final morning excursion on Bachas Beach before we sailed to nearby Baltra Island with its airport.

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Santa Cruz

Just inland from the beach landing was a brackish pond with one Flamingo.

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Santa Cruz

Walking along the beach we saw a marine iguana.

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Santa Cruz

I got this photo as it headed toward the water.

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Santa Cruz

At the far end of the beach was a rocky coast with various animals hanging out.

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Santa Cruz

This is a Whimbrel.

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And a Great Blue Heron.

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And finally a brown pelican coming in for a landing.

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Map of the Trip

Trip over we were taken to the airport for our flight home after a short stop in Quito. Here is a map that shows the route of the ship. My understanding is these routes are regulated by the government of Ecuador. So you need not take the ship we booked to see these sights. Price is driven by the number of passengers (the bigger the ship the lower the cost).

Definitely a bucket list trip!

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    Albatrossity

    Nice series!

    I was surprised to see a whimbrel on San Cristobal on one of our trips there. It was late May, so it had clearly decided not to go back to Alaska and try to raise kids that season! What time of year was your trip?

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    StringOnAStick

    The first time we saw those marine iguanas we realised what Godzilla was patterned after.  Funny that they just eat sea grass, they look scary but are pretty mellow and nonthreatening.

    Thanks for your photos; it reminded me of our trip there.  My husband has big issues with sea sickness so spending the night on a boat wasn’t going to work for him.  We were land based on Santa Cruz and did day excursions on a 24 person boat; husband got by with scopolamine patches and was a good sport about it.

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